Word: backed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last spring Eyre brought Scott back from New York to star in the title role of King Lear, which garnered from its five reviewers such plaudits as "perfect," "brilliant," and "unbeatable...
Several factors make such an interesting showdown unlikely. Not the least is the political power of Southern education lobbies, whose sponsors would lose their bread and butter. Also more and more citizens are seeing a greater danger in postponing education, much less setting it back to the Eighteenth Century, than in sending their children to school with negroes. Their position is shared by most moderates. It will attract some who are tempted to provoke the show-down, but fear it would result in decisive restriction rather than reaffirmation of the independent spheres of life...
Drumbeats and Song, the annual Radcliffe musical for the benefit of the Grant-in-Aid fund, was voted a loan of $1,600 to be paid back after the March production in Sanders Theater. Miss Rolnick noted that well over twice as much money as last year will be allotted to publicity for the show...
...music ("the order of the day"). After running through a pleasant little medley of Lester Lanin favorites, L.L. brought his musicians to a halt and turned around to accept the fervent applause of the appreciative multitude. There was no applause. Lester thanked the audience anyway, and, rather embarrassed, went back to a second medley...
...Schlaeppi and Ed Martin are veteran harriers who have been hampered by injuries so far this fall and both remain big question marks in the team picture. If both these men get back into running condition, the overall prospect will be brightened considerably...